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The Perfect Storm for a Writers Strike

The Town with Matthew Belloni

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The Last Negotiation Window in 2020

There's some things that the writers want that just seems sort of obvious, right? Like if you're going to make seasons with a lot fewer shows, you know, if the average is now eight to 10 instead of 20 to 24. Agents have been able to knock that out in many cases. And there are rules now on how long you can control a writer for writing one episode. But these are largely things that have come from previous negotiations.

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